Whispering Verse

No. 31 Luvia

The priest hesitated when talking about the "heart" issue, looked out at the street that was getting farther and farther away, and after a long while he whispered the secret he had never revealed before:

"In fact, I already knew where the heart was. But if I got the heart first, I was worried that the problem with the heart would make me lose control, so I never thought of getting it."

"Where is the heart?"

The priest then asked him a question:

"You still remember what the five danger level standards of relics are, right?"

"Of course I remember. The Unknown Class has no upper limit, so there is no need for a measure. Then the Poet Class is [Poet Cohen's Manuscript], the Clerk Class is [The Unknown's Essay], the Keeper Class is [The Keeper's Eye], the Sage Class is [The Philosopher's Stone], and the Angel Class is [The Heart of the Evil Angel]... Hmm?"

Xia De raised his eyebrows:

"[Heart of an Evil Angel]?"

The priest closed his eyes and nodded:

"Yes, it has been turned into a relic and contaminated by an unknown force. For now, don't worry about the heart. Even if it is given to me, I dare not touch it. My main task now is to improve my level as soon as possible.

The trumpet of doomsday will surely be blown. Fate has been guiding me to encounter those remains since that night many years ago. Now I just don’t know what the angel has to do with doomsday. If it can delay the arrival of doomsday a little, that would be great.”

Currently, Dorothy and Luvia are both at the eighth level, and are preparing to be promoted to the ninth level. However, in the promotion test last winter, Dorothy was ranked fifth, while Luvia was only ranked fourth.

So when the grades were declared at the end of this year, Dorothy was still one grade higher than Luvia.

After Father Augustus, the next person to undergo the experiment was Luvia. The location was moved from Regent Park in the east of Tobesk to the courtyard of an abandoned house in the south of Tobesk.

The southern part of Tobesk is where the nobles live, and therefore the number of manors and houses here far exceeds that of other areas of the city. Considering the convenience of movement, the academy specially chose a house at the end of "Hyacinth Street" near the southern suburbs of the city.

Dr. Schneider had already investigated the background of this abandoned house in advance:

"Do you remember the big news in the second half of 1853? Prince Saxe Cavendish, who was in charge of the New World Expedition Corps, was arrested after breaking into the Yodel Palace with a gun and was later convicted of treason.

This house was his property in Tobysk, and after the prince was executed, for some reason, the royal family did not send anyone to deal with it, so it has been abandoned ever since. "

The doctor stopped the carriage on the short street on the side of the house, and the four people in the carriage also came to this narrow street.

One side of the street was the destination of this trip, and the other side was a mansion of an unknown person with a high wall. The end of the street led to an apple orchard outside the city that belonged to a noble private property, so basically no one would pass by this short street, and there were not even street lights.

"The house was not taken care of because one of the prince's lovers lived here when he was convicted of treason. After learning about Saxe Cavendish, the king sent MI6 to investigate if the woman knew anything. Of course, she knew nothing, but during the examination, it was discovered that she was pregnant.

So the king ordered the woman to continue living there and sent someone to check on her, but she still hanged herself in the house when she was about to give birth... Later, the royal family did not comment on this, and naturally there was no order on how to deal with the house, so it has been abandoned until now. "

Xia De whispered that according to the secret he had heard from Carina, even Leicia didn't know about this. King Larousse III and Queen Diana obviously didn't think it was necessary for an unmarried princess to know such things.

"There shouldn't be any hanged female ghost holding a baby ghost here, right?"

The doctor asked Shade based on the worst-case scenario, but Father Augustus shook his head with certainty:

"When the detective said that, I remembered that at the end of last year, the royal family sent a letter to the church to send people to the area to perform exorcism and blessings. Now I think it was this incident."

"That's good. Let's use illusion to hide this carriage in the orchard at the end of the road. We'll be back quickly. The second test will start in ten minutes. Everyone speed up."

Shad and Luvia, who were more skilled in illusion, were responsible for hiding the carriage. Then Shad took Luvia's hand and used "Raglai's Leap". Priest Augustus turned himself into a spirit, Dr. Schneider turned into black light, and Dorothy also used the power of space, and everyone entered the abandoned house together.

This place is not very big, with a courtyard with a fountain as its center. There are only three buildings in total, not counting the horses.

On the exterior of the three-story building, snow was hanging on the dead vines, and all the windows of the building were nailed shut with wooden boards.

I couldn't even get through the main door.

However, to be on the safe side, before the experiment began, the doctor asked Shad and Father Augustus to enter the house separately to confirm whether there really was no "hanged female ghost holding the baby's soul". The doctor has always been such a cautious person.

"No, there's nothing in the house except spiders and rats. The rats are eating the food that hasn't been moved out of the kitchen storehouse. I think they can eat for several years."

This was the conclusion reached by Shad and the priest, and the doctor felt relieved.

The experiment was conducted in a relatively open courtyard. To facilitate the operation, the thick snow on the ground had been cleared away in advance. As for whether anyone would notice that the snow was gone, that was not something they needed to worry about.

Standing in the snowy courtyard, the five people actually felt that the "Fate Weaver" might appear again this time. However, this kind of monster can avoid danger in advance, so setting traps before the experiment is ineffective.

So they could only prepare for battle, or at least limit the battle to this house and not make any noise like what happened just now.

Shad can use "Moonfire" again, but the spider that appears this time based on Luvia's characteristics may not have the same characteristics as before.

"Sixty seconds countdown, everyone concentrate."

The snowflakes were still falling. When the doctor began to count down the last sixty seconds, Luvia stood in front of the fountain holding a card, and the other four people surrounded her.

In his left hand, Shad held the "Night Watcher" that he had not pulled out just now, Priest Augustus held a thick cow leg bone and prepared to cast a spell, Dorothy held an unfolded scroll in her right hand, on which was written the story of the Spider Hunter. Dr. Schneider was not prepared, he planned to wait until the enemy appeared before taking action.

Three, two, one!

Luvia guided her spirit into the cards in her hand, and the other four immediately looked around vigilantly.

Even remember to pay attention to your feet and the sky.

But apart from the falling of snowflakes, nothing happened. It's just that everyone is not sure whether the enemy that appeared this time has strong stealth characteristics:

"This should be considered normal luck, doctor. If you missed the spider just now, don't be disappointed. You will have three more chances later."

It seemed that they did not encounter the "Fate Weaver" again this time, so the group of five dealt with the traces of their actions in the courtyard, left here, and got on a carriage to the next experimental site.

This time they didn't delay too long, so even though the next journey was a bit far, there was no need to rush. Father Augustus and Doctor Schneider drove in front, leaving the carriage for Shade and the two ladies.

Dorothy continued to study the "Life-Weaving Spider Silk". After the carriage entered the road illuminated by street lamps and moved forward steadily, Luvia, who was sitting opposite Shad, handed the cards in her hand to Shad:

“Here, you’ve been curious since a while ago, right?

"Luvia, you know me well. I am very curious about all kinds of cards."

Similar to the strange card of the Augustus Cult, the side of Luvia's [Fate Observer Card] that shows the text looks smooth, but you can still feel the bumps and depressions when rubbing it with your fingertips.

But unlike the obvious bone marks on the card of Father Augustus, the front of Luvia's card just felt indescribably broken to the touch.

Looking at it with the eyes, the front of the card showed a light purple color, and the background of the card was the pair of purple eyes that Shade was most familiar with. Very beautiful, very charming.

The letters on the card seem to be stamped in gold, and the content is not complicated—

[Name]: Luvia F. Annat [Race]: Human [Physical State]: Normal [Soul State]: Normal/Blessed (Silver Moon)

[Level]: Ring of Soil, Eighth Ring [Fortune]: One [Fate Proverbs]: Purple eyes watching the fate of the world. Except for the last item, the other items are obviously too normal. Compared with the card of the Augustus priest, it even lacks the item of [Legend].

The race is very pure, the level is only the level of the ring warlock profession, and even the fortune is in a stable state. Shade looked up at Luvia. Luvia had never touched the cards of the Augustus priest, so she did not feel that the content of her cards was too simple:

"I thought there would be something surprising, but it seems I thought too much. The blessing of the soul should come from you, right? Is it the "Moon Seal" or... Every time I get close to you, I can really feel as if I have gained something from you... What's that look in your eyes? It's not that~"